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Learn LLVM 17

You're reading from Learn LLVM 17 A beginner's guide to learning LLVM compiler tools and core libraries with C++

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837631346

Length 416 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

LLVM

Concepts

Programming Language

Authors (2):

Kai Nacke

Amy Kwan

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Basics of Compiler Construction with LLVM

2. Chapter 1: Installing LLVM FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: The Structure of a Compiler

4. Part 2: From Source to Machine Code Generation

5. Chapter 3: Turning the Source File into an Abstract Syntax Tree

6. Chapter 4: Basics of IR Code Generation

7. Chapter 5: IR Generation for High-Level Language Constructs

8. Chapter 6: Advanced IR Generation

9. Chapter 7: Optimizing IR

10. Part 3: Taking LLVM to the Next Level

11. Chapter 8: The TableGen Language

12. Chapter 9: JIT Compilation

13. Chapter 10: Debugging Using LLVM Tools

14. Part 4: Roll Your Own Backend

15. Chapter 11: The Target Description

16. Chapter 12: Instruction Selection

17. Chapter 13: Beyond Instruction Selection

18. Index

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Part 4: Roll Your Own Backend

In this section, you will learn about adding a new backend target for a CPU architecture not supported by LLVM, utilizing the TableGen language. Additionally, you will explore the various instruction selection frameworks within LLVM and understand how to implement them. Finally, you will also delve into concepts beyond the instruction selection frameworks within LLVM, which are valuable for highly optimizing backends.

This section comprises the following chapters:

Chapter 11, The Target Description
Chapter 12, Instruction Selection
Chapter 13, Beyond Instruction Selection

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Authors (2)

Kai Nacke

Kai Nacke

Kai Nacke is a professional IT architect currently residing in Toronto, Canada. He holds a diploma in computer science from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. and his diploma thesis on universal hash functions was recognized as the best of the semester. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, Kai has extensive expertise in the development and architecture of business and enterprise applications. In his current role, he evolves an LLVM/clang-based compiler. For several years, Kai served as the maintainer of LDC, the LLVM-based D compiler. He is the author of D Web Development and Learn LLVM 12, both published by Packt. In the past, he was a speaker in the LLVM developer room at the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM).

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Amy Kwan

Amy Kwan

Amy Kwan is a compiler developer currently residing in Toronto, Canada. Originally, from the Canadian prairies, Amy holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan. In her current role, she leverages LLVM technology as a backend compiler developer. Previously, Amy has been a speaker at the LLVM Developer Conference in 2022 alongside Kai Nacke.

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